Shingle



July 21 1925.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HILD'ING a s'JonAnL' in mass. "ricirrim, or CINCINNATI, omo, assionoas TO THE OHLTFIELD MFANUIAQI'UBING OOKPANYfOF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A R- roaa rion or 01110,

Application filed m 10, 1924. Serial No. 125,259. 7

Toall whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, HILDING A. SJODAHZL and James H. FIGHTER, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Cincinn ti, in the county of',Hainilton and State of bhio, have invented'new anduseful Im rovements in a Shingle, of which the fa owi is a specification. y a An ob ect of our'invention is to provide design. for a roof or I m l lllgle'that may be'utilized in providing a new and novel coveri .Ano ther object of our invention is to provide a Shingle wheiewith a large roof eoverage'may be attained with a relatively small number of shingles.

Another object of our invention isto provide' a shingle wherewith adequate protection of the roof may be attained, DOtWlth'r ion of the roof and the relatively sma number of shingles necessary for covering a given area ofroof.

.Another object of our invention'is to-pro -vide a shingle'that will readil adaptitself "to roduce a .plurali v of too ese and other 0 jects. are attained by the means described herein and disclosed in the accompanying drawingsg'in which:

Fig. Iis a view ofa shingle embodying Fig.2 a viewshow one method of producing shingles em ing o'ur' invention, from a sheet of shing e material.

.Fig. 3 is a viewof one des' that may be produced with shingles our ini eiition. d 11' 0th 4:,5an areviewss-w; er desig i ii that may .be made. witles embodying our invention.

The shingle disclosed herein may be made of any suitable material, for exam le impregnated felt or the like over whie is surposed a' layer of crushed slate or the lilie, as is commonly used for providing shiiigles of this nature. Thefi shown in 1g. 1 is provided'along its lower edge with alternate fla s and re 11' that are substantially identical in form. The recesses and the He. sare reversed end.'for end and side for si e. 'By this is meantthat the angular ed an angular wa for the recess 11 while the wall 13 of flap 14, and which wall is pera o'er invention.

12 of the flap 10 also forms 'siimsnn.

\ pendicular to the rear edgelfiof the shingle 16, serves as a crpendicular wull for the recess 11. -In'ot I01 words, .the perpendicu- Ink wall 13 of the. recess 11 is disposed adjacent the perpendicular wall of one flap adjacent the recess 11' while the angular wall 12 of said recess is dis sed adjacent the angular edge of a seeqn flap adjacent- .the said recess 11. The lower '17 of the lie 18of t e recess 11 and substantially parallel with the upperor inner edge 15 o the shingle 16. As disclosed herein the edge 12 extends between the edges 17 and 18 at an angle of degrees'to each disaidedges- 4 By reference to Fig. 1 it will be observed that elongated hexagonal figures 20 may be produced over a van surface by laying the succeeding shing es in such position that the angular edges 12 of each succeeding superposed shingle are disposed in parallelism with one another and so that the perpendicular edge 13 of each flap will have its lower edge disposed at the upper end of such'e'.n= gular'edge 12 of the shingle next belbyv, and will have its u per ed 3 d' atth'e lower edge of tie angufixr 12-o the shingle nextbelow. 1

By reference to 4 it will be observed that succeeding shingles are so positionedhoth saidedges are 10 is parallel with the upper edge that the perpendicular u 13' of super- (1 shingles are slightly the metrical design is eifected. notwithstan the irregularity of .the polygonal figures 24.

In Fig. fi'the slii'ng are so u "sedthat the angular lines 1210 snipe nu shingles extend in continuity thereby providing diagonal rallel lines that set 011' polygonal shaped cs 25 that efi'eet a design arm'- a generally harmonious appearance notwithstanding the irregularity of the fig- In Fig. 6 the angular lines 12 are offset to some extent whereby to providesuperposed polygonal figures 26. It will be observed that in this design a nerally harmonious appearance is e for the whole res24' edge and a pair of latera tending surface although the individual designs 26 are irregular.

What we claim is: g

1. A shingle'of the class described having along its lower edge alternate flaps and recesses, uniform in she e but reversed end for end and side for side, each fla having its lower edge extendin in aralle ism with the rear edge of the s inglenmd havi a lateral edge extending from the lower e ge of said flap at an angle of subfiantially degrees, and having a second lateral edge extending substantiall perpendicularly to the lower edge of the ap.

2. A shingle having a V flapand a recess at its lower edge, the fla havin a bottom edges efining the entire length of the flalp, one lateral edge extending atq right anges to the width of the shingle and the other lateral-edge exat other than a right angle to the width of the shingle.

a 3. A shingle having a flap and a recess at its lower edge, the flap having a bottom edge and a pair of lateral edges efining the entire length of the flap, one lateral edge extending at right angles to the width of the shingle and the other lateral edge extending width oidie-ahingle, the ottom edge ex tending at right angles to the first mentioned lateral edge.

4. A shingle having a flap and a recess at its lower edge, the flap having a bottom edge and a pair of lateral edges defining the entire length of the flap, one latera edge extending at right angles to the width of the shingle and the other lateral ed e extending at other than a right angle to t e width of the shingle, the recess being similar in shape to the He and inverted whereby to dispose the rig 1'. angle side of the recess at the first mentioned lateral edgeoi the flap and the opposite side of said reeess sat the second mentioned lateral edge of-the In testimony whereof, we have hereunto sillsicribed our names this 5th day of July, 1

HILDING A. SJODAHL. J AMES H. FIGHTER.

at ,arher than a right angle to the surface although the individual designs 26 are irregular.

l vhat we claim is:

1. A shingle of the class described having along its lower edge alternate flaps and recesses, uniform in shape but reversed end for end and side for side, each fla having its lower edge extendin in arallellsm with the rear edge of the s ing e and having a lateral edge extending from the lower e go of said flap at an angle of substantially 45 degrees, and having a second lateral edge extending substantiall perpendicularly to the lower edge of the ap.

2. A shingle having a flap and a recess at its lower edge, the flap having a bottom edge and a air of lateral edges defining the entire lengt of the fla one lateral edge extending ati right anges to the width of the shingle and the other lateral edge extending at other than a right angle to the width of the shingle. g

i 3. A shin le having a flap and a recess at its lower e go, the flap havin a bottom edge and a plair of lateral edges efining the entire lengt of the flap, one lateral edge r Certificat'cmf Correction.

, It is hereby certified that 'in Letters Patent -No. 1,546,868 1925,'upon the application of Hilding A. Sjodahl and James einnati, Ohio, for an improvement in Shingles, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 9, claim 1, for the words rear edge read wadth; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the ease in the Patent Ofiice.

extending at right angles to the width of the shingle and the other lateral edge extending at awher than a right angle to the width of the-shingle, the bottom edge ex-' tending at right angles to the first mentioned lateral ed e.

4. A shingle having a flap and a recess at its lower edge, the flap having a bottom edge and a pair of lateral edges defining the entire length of the flap, one lateral edge extending at right angles to the width of the shingle and the other lateral ed e extending at other than a right angle to t e width of the shingle, the recess being similar in shape to the fla and inverted whereby to dis ose the rig t angle side 6f the recess at t e first mentioned lateral edge of the flap and the opposite side of said reeess at the second mentioned lateral edge of'the In testimony whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names this 5th day of July, 1924.

HILDING A. SJODAHL. JAMES H. FIGHTER.

Signed and sealed this 26th day of J anuary, A. D".- 1926.

[sun] WM. A KINNAN, Actmg Gammz'saioner of Patents.

granted July 21 Fichter, of Gin- Certificate. of Correction.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,546,868, granted July 21, 1925, upon the application of Hilding A. Sjodahl and James H. Fichter, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for an improvement in Shingles, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 9, claim 1, for the Words rear edge read wuith; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the ease in the Patent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 26th day of January, A. D. 1926.

WM. A; KIN NAN Actmg Oommzsszom-r of Patents. 

